Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 23, 2007, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 23, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KMAF 240113
TORMAF
TXC371-240200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.070324T0112Z-070324T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
812 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  BAKERSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  BAKERSFIELD...
  INTERSTATE 10 JUST EAST OF BAKERSFIELD...

PERSONS IN BAKERSFIELD SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND
PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY
FROM THE TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH... OR A LOW
LYING AREA AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3088 10249 3076 10230 3098 10201 3109 10242

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240121
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
818 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC371-240200-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070324T0200Z/
PECOS TX-
818 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR 
BAKERSFIELD. THE IRAAN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A ROTATING WALL 
CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD AT 813 PM CDT. GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BAKERSFIELD AT 813 PM CDT. THE STORM IS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. PERSONS IN BAKERSFIELD SHOULD TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE 
WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND
PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY
FROM THE TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH... OR A LOW
LYING AREA AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3088 10249 3076 10230 3098 10201 3109 10242

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240153
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
853 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC371-240203-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070324T0200Z/
PECOS TX-
853 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PECOS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900
PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3088 10249 3076 10230 3098 10201 3109 10242

$$

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